Breakfast
Nasi Lemak
Rice steamed in coconut milk with pandan, served with sambal, fried anchovies and peanuts, cucumber and a boiled or…
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Chinese, Malay and Indian cooking in one wok. 25 Malaysian recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 25 recipes cover 8 of the site’s categories, among them 12 dinners, 3 lunches, 2 appetisers and small plates, 2 breakfasts, 2 desserts and 2 quick meals. Of these, 7 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Teh Tarik (10 min), Mee Goreng (20 min) and Rojak (25 min). For 7, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 8 easy, 16 medium and 1 hard.
As written, 5 are vegetarian, 1 vegan, 7 gluten-free and 12 dairy-free. Another recipe meets a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Malaysian recipes — all 25 recipes
Dinner
Curry Laksa
Curry laksa: a coconut and spice paste soup with two kinds of noodle, prawns, tofu puffs and cockles, finished with…
Breakfast
Roti Canai
Dough rested in oil overnight, flipped and stretched until translucent, coiled, flattened and griddled so it pulls…
Dinner
Char Kway Teow
Flat rice noodles fried at ferocious heat with prawns, Chinese sausage, cockles, egg and chives. Judged entirely on…
Dinner
Ayam Masak Merah
Chicken fried and then simmered in a red chilli and tomato gravy sweetened with a little sugar and finished with…
Appetizers
Beef Satay
Beef marinated in lemongrass and turmeric, threaded thin and grilled fast over charcoal, with a peanut sauce made…
Dinner
Hokkien Mee
Thick yellow noodles braised in dark soy with prawns, pork and cabbage until the sauce coats every strand. Kuala…
Drinks
Teh Tarik
Strong black tea sweetened with condensed milk, then pulled between two vessels from a height until frothy and…
Dinner
Assam Laksa
Thick rice noodles in a sour, spicy mackerel and tamarind broth, topped with pineapple, cucumber, mint and a drizzle…
Quick Meals
Mee Goreng
Yellow egg noodles stir-fried with a sweet soy and chilli sauce, egg, prawns and vegetables, ready in 20 minutes.
Dinner
Curry Noodle Soup
Egg noodles and sliced chicken in a coconut curry broth with bean sprouts and lime.
Dinner
Prawn Laksa
Prawns and rice noodles in a coconut milk broth built on laksa paste, with tofu puffs, bean sprouts and lime.
Baking
Pandan Cake
A light, fragrant sponge flavoured with pandan extract and coconut milk, baked until springy.
Lunch
Curry Mee
Yellow noodles in a spicy coconut curry broth with chicken, tofu puffs and prawns, topped with bean sprouts, mint…
Dinner
Kari Ayam
Malaysian-style chicken curry of potato and chicken simmered in a coconut milk sauce flavoured with curry powder…
Dinner
Sambal Udang
Prawns cooked in a sweet, sour and hot sambal of dried chillies, shallots, garlic and tamarind until the sauce clings.
Quick Meals
Telur Sambal
Boiled eggs cooked in oil until blistered, then simmered in a hot and sweet chilli sambal with onion and tomato.
Lunch
Roti John
A baguette split lengthways and cooked on a hot griddle with a layer of spiced egg, onion and minced meat, served…
Lunch
Murtabak
A thin, folded flatbread stuffed with spiced minced lamb, egg and onion and cooked on a griddle until crisp.
Dinner
Nasi Kandar
Steamed rice served with a spiced chicken curry, a mild vegetable curry and okra, the Penang way, with curry sauces…
Desserts
Onde-Onde
Chewy glutinous rice and sweet potato balls filled with liquid palm sugar and rolled in sesame seeds, then cooked in…
Desserts
Apam Balik
A thick, soft Malaysian pancake folded over crushed peanuts, sugar and sweetcorn, crisp on the edges and tender in…
Dinner
Ayam Percik
Chicken marinated in a coconut, lemongrass and chilli paste, grilled until charred, and basted with a rich coconut…
Appetizers
Rojak
A Malaysian fruit and vegetable salad of pineapple, cucumber and jicama in a sticky tamarind and shrimp paste sauce…
Dinner
Mee Rebus
Malaysian yellow noodles in a thick sweet potato and spice gravy simmered for 30 minutes, topped with egg, tofu and…